Fusion Dance

Thanks everyone who went to the Google Hangout we had on Wednesday. I’m planning on doing one once a month, and I’ll put a link straight to the event page on here. If the day and time I picked wasn’t workin’ for you, post in the comments what a good day of the week and/or time. I can always alternate.

I posted in the original Tarra run-down tht she was the only one that knew the Fusion Dance. Combine that with her and Pumpkin “training” for this excursion, she probably got her little sister to perform it right.

Actually, If you notice she has actually gotten smaller, meaning she has probably gone from taller, and more athletic build to a small compact build that still has all of the strength and probably more agility. Also I’m betting that pumpkin has a sharper eye for detail and combine that with Tarras quick reflexes and they won’t be stoppable.

I like how her default method of self defense seems to be projectile vomiting. Drunks can be hard to take down in a fight though, they’re very resistant to pain. And I still think it’s fun to imagine that Juniper may be a master of drunken boxing style kung-fu. It would seem to make her fit in more with the zaniness of her family though her level on the erf to wack ratio Chris posted would probably make that unlikely.

Has anyone noticed that Pumpagon’s shirt/jacket seems to be either backwards or combined with the scarf that Mr. Yellowish-Red was wearing and the furry trim on Mr. Redhead’s jacket to become a furry boa or something? That, and it seems that their clothing merged as well. There are pockets nearly on the side of their hip(s).

Pumpkin’s entire outfit seems either mostly gone or represented by that scarf. That’s why I’m assuming her hat is in a pocket dimension or something, because I doubt that she’ll come back wearing only her birthday suit, so the rest of her clothes are somewhere too.

Yup, I chose “pocket dimension” because I believe Tarra is the only person on Erf who has access to the place all missing socks go. Since that place is beyond the ken of science as of now, I agreed that the generic “pocket dimension” was a good choice. Granted, she probably has access to lots of other pocket dimensions of different configurations as well, so who knows what kind of one she used to stash her sister’s clothes (and quite possibly the hoverboards as well, as the original question went, I’m sure she’ll pay for them, just keeping them safe until she gets to the register).

Tarragon, through the use of the Fusion Dance, has the ability to interact, store and/or remove items from a pocket dimension. Science has erroneously called these a tesseract. Tarragon’s previous thesis was a way to create a tesseract using an Apple IIc, Black and Decker power drill VSR with 18 amp rechargeable/detachable battery, a single spindle drill press, fifteen pipecleaners, thirty twist ties and a grape, seedless.

I… honestly can say I did not expect a Dragon Ball Z reference today… but… maybe I should have? I mean… in hindsight, it couldn’t have just been a coincidence that the James fanart posted a few updates back on the front page had him wearing a DBZ shirt. FORESHADOWING!

Her devotion to her hair, craft, thesis and the Fusion Dance suggests that she’s prioritized her desires in life, and doesn’t need a man to get there. Not suggesting that Tar– Mr. Redhead is a feminist, just knows what she wants and will not let anything get in the way.

This was in response to the comment about wondering why Tarra didn’t beat the man who asked her out. I was just positing that it would be fully in character for Tarra to have decided what she wanted and done the asking. After all, she did mention in relation to Olympic judges that she’s very good at persuasion, and I can’t imagine she’d have a harder time talking a guy into a little physical funtime if she was feeling frisky.

As for feminism, there are different connotations to that word. Most Western women today are feminists in the general (and original, from what I’ve heard) sense of believing that they aren’t automatically inferior for lack of a Y chromosome and deserve the same general rights and treatment as men. I’m sure Tarra fits into there, as she’d have to be hideously mentally deficient to consider herself inferior to half the population. As to the rabid, bra-burning, man-hating type of feminist that I’ve heard associated with the word but never met or known anyone who’s met one in real life, no I certainly don’t think she’s one of those. I’ve met women who might qualify as ‘man-haters,’ but from what I’ve seen that’s always been a reaction to too many bad experiences leaving them with no room for faith or trust in our gender and not feminism.

I just can’t always tell when you’ve mistaken something that was said or are joking. Perhaps I got used to interpreting your choice of avatar to determine that prior to this story arc, and now that you’re only using one, harder to determine.

it was really more in jest about how Tarra goes about taking everything head on (what seems like 85% of the time). More of a “wow, there’s a dude that’ll put up with her/her want to be with him” type of thing since it’s not know if she has a significant other at this point.

Tarra taking things head on is why I figure that the loss of her virginity was calmly decided by her and then immediately implemented with Tarra 100% in control the whole time (even if she might’ve occasionally let her partner believe that wasn’t the case). Kind of an, “Ok! This is happening!” sort of thing (just taken a bit slower than that implies).

Wooo, did not see that coming. Are any of the other girls going to go all fusion like that? I sincerely hope it’s in the blood. We can have an Ellimon, a Cinnice, Giniper, Ellkin, Tarrie, Ginagon, and so on and so fourth.

Silliness aside, is Ellie going to have to get the items to the checkout herself while the villains are distracted by Pumpagon? Or is Quinn going to charge in like a dark horse and save Christmas?

What’d you expect? I’m just a freaking level 5 crook. I never have a loaded weapon because that’s a harsher sentence. That’s about the extent of my planning. Just run in, get the money, run out, take the mask off, enjoy, repeat.

At first I feared that would be dull, since Ginger is so very adult, but then I realized we would probably get to see Ginger in action. The toys are supposed to be her children’s Christmas gifts, after all. Suddenly I feel so very sorry for those poor wanna-be villains.

I don’t think anyone would willingly merge with Cinn. And they’d probably think hard before being willing to try with Anise or Juniper. Also merging with Ellie is likely to cause losing balance fairly often.

So I notice that Pumpkin’s pixie cut, while combat-efficient, seems to produce a less-than-satisfactory trait when fusion-danced with Tarra’s whip-like braid. Or am I seriously underestimating the efficacy of Pumpagon’s ponytail? Does it shoot kamehamehas from the end of it or something?

Mr. Blue’s take on the merged ponytail is that it had to take as a fourth of the average of the length based on the statistical deviation of each strand. Therefore it seems that Pumpagon’s ponytail is not correctly shown to scale or actual length, when it does measure up to the appropriate Q1 representation of the sixth sigma difference of the averages.

On the main question of “Quinn Nicks to buy the purple dress that is currently 50% price,” before the floor. The floor having voted in the affirmative and the Chairman’s vote to bring the total vote to a proper quorum having passed. The record shall reflect that there were no “nay” votes when the question was put forth for those against the question.

*bangs Gavel*

Quinn Nicks shall buy the aforementioned purple dress at 50% off, irrespective to the amount of time that she’ll wear it.

*bangs gavel*

Next item on the agenda, Hotel Rooms for the SisterCon 2014.

We will be hearing from the chair of the committee to purchase a block of rooms at the Motel Eighth Inn.

Just what the hell is she supposed to wear when she goes out with Ian, or for that matter, whomever she’s going to go out with when she:

1) gets over her not wanting to hang around people
2) steps out with James not knowing that they have a date on 4/1.
3) realizes that she doesn’t want to remain in a state of perpetual girlfriendship and actually makes a choice for a person based on who they are and not be under her thumb, so to speak.

I like this comic a lot but it makes me really impatient to see what’s going to happen next. Will Cinn and Anise get in a good round of “tip the drunk?” Will Pumpagon (I think Tarrakin sounded better honestly) save the day or only create more chaos? Will Bizarro Spidey and the rest of the revengenators (or whatever they are calling themselves) get their hands on the hoverboards? Will Quinn appear again in this story line?

She is the one that stole your meatless assclown, so that would be the one you’d have the most motivation for. Just remember that she grew up training against the others, so she’ll probably surprise you.

Zane routinely chewed on your hair when you were eating too? Ellie should’ve given you a lot more crap about dating someone like that in high school. I was just identifying my guess (it pretty well has to be one of the younger two), didn’t realize it was a pattern.

Just how long has Ellie wanted to be called Ellie, and how much did her sisters accept this desire. Although, it’s a decent call that all of the sisters got in trouble. But I never imagined that a girl would get in so much trouble that their entire name would be used by a parent. But an older sibling using the first and middle names… woof.

Blondes have more fun, it just doesn’t mean that they do that. Why does everyone have to go there? Stupid sexy Quinn. What the hell does that mean anyway, stupid sexy? Is that a Christmas Snow joke? Or would three blondes in a room spell trouble for Herb?

Not for lack of ability, they just have much more creative revenges they can use and the stereotypical wizard isn’t as physically imposing. While she may or may not be a wizard, Tarra has definitely shown a tendency and/or enjoyment for handling problems physically.